4 News Briefs
New York City nurses win after largest nurse
strike in city history 5 | RNs and health care
workers strike at three Prime hospitals 6 | A nurse
describes fighting for a first contract in Maple
Grove, Minn. 7 | Traverse City nurses get huge
community support 8 | NNU nurses rally to
abolish ICE, speak truth to Congress at federal
lobby day 9 | Tenet nurses at six California hospitals
ratify new contract; Daly City nurses win new
contract; Los Angeles nurses strike for seven
days; U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna rescinds Palantir
contributions; Bangor RNs ratify new contract;
Nurses in Brazos Valley, Texas held a rally and
began bargaining for a new contract.
10 Information Is Essential
Outreach and education is key to PPC power.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
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Health Care, Not Warfare
RNs fight for a nation that values Medicare for All
over missiles.
By Puneet Maharaj
12 No Surrender
Despite hard conditions, VA nurses never stop
fighting for their rights and their patients.
By Lucia Hwang
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ON THE COVER: Hundreds of nurses from across
the country gathered mid April in Washington,
D.C. for National Nurses United's annual federal
lobby event to demand that Congress abolish
ICE, and fund health care, not warfare. Photo by
Alyssa Schukar for NNU.
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